Quiz Time

[Joey Russ 7,220]

3/20. Good enough for me since I randomly guessed on all of them...

[Handrejka 1,903]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

I got 9.  I didn't understand the aeroplane one.

 

Also nine. I didn't know the shirt front one.

[Toast 16,130]

4 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

 

Also nine. I didn't know the shirt front one.

 

Oh!  I didn't know which one you meant, so went to look , and the quiz had entirely different questions from the one I did.  And still no shirt front .....

[Toast 16,130]

Can you pick the people who died in 2018 by the third sentence in their Wikipedia article?

 

https://www.sporcle.com/games/MrWhiplash/3rd-rip-2018

[YoungWillz 21,026]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

Can you pick the people who died in 2018 by the third sentence in their Wikipedia article?

 

https://www.sporcle.com/games/MrWhiplash/3rd-rip-2018

15/20.

 

75%. Which is better than most of my deadpooling, so go me!

[Toast 16,130]

I got them all, but there was some luck involved.  Strategy was to skip to the ones I knew, then go back to the ones that sounded right, and guess the rest which was easier once most had been eliminated.

[msc 18,437]

One of you lot clearly made this one. I only got 49/50!!

 

 

Forgot about Newton-John!

[Grim Up North 3,725]

1 hour ago, msc said:

One of you lot clearly made this one. I only got 49/50!!

 

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

Forgot about Newton-John!
 

 

 

 

Haha - a lot harder than you would think - I only got 45/50 - missed same one as you plus 4 others - all in second half of the list.

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Well 50/50 with 29 seconds to go.

 

Helps that I had the DL up. Is that cheating? Comes down to typing fast.

 

[Deathray 2,940]

Newsround so it's a bit like doing the kids crossword in the sunday supplement but 5/5 - Jose or no Jose?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/46610652

[runebomme 377]

https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/can-you-pass-a-basic-physics-test?acct=zoocom-sc&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=1560108&utm_term=sputnik-en&utm_content=Quiz%3A+Can+You+Pass+a+Basic+Physics+Test%3F&adid=137845731&img=http%3A%2F%2Fgleaned-images.stuff.com%2Fsignals-test%2F5b56bbd89b14ca9af94016a4e73d1639d5dc88afafcb099447cadfd8&mkcpgn=0e9ae5bd6b544cf78135e09146646461&sg_uid=0e9ae5bd6b544cf78135e09146646461

 

30/35

[charon 4,943]

 

 

How close will the Imperialist programme get to where you live?

 

25 questions, multiple answers allowed....

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html?action=click&module=Editors Picks&pgtype=Homepage

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

They hit the nail on the head.

 

[TQR 14,385]

 

Not too bad an effort...

[Clorox Bleachman 2,407]

Well, that was underwhelming. I am indeed Glaswegian - shocker.

 

But this is a revelation! 

 

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

1 hour ago, charon said:

 

 

How close will the Imperialist programme get to where you live?

 

25 questions, multiple answers allowed....

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html?action=click&module=Editors Picks&pgtype=Homepage

They said I am from Galway but I am actually from Cork. Lol fail.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Wow, it says I'm from Bude, which is a whole four miles away (& over the border from God's county).  Never realised I was such a yokel 

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

3 hours ago, charon said:

 

 

How close will the Imperialist programme get to where you live?

 

25 questions, multiple answers allowed....

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html?action=click&module=Editors Picks&pgtype=Homepage

It was spot on for me

[charon 4,943]

When it comes to our body’s alcohol intake, what’s the real difference between 4% and 5% alcohol by volume?

(a) 1%
(b) 20%
(c) 25%
(d) Much more than 25%

 

 

http://draftmag.com/science-session-abv-processing/

 

 

*Interesting read, difference between yank and Brit measuring etc.

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Not really a quiz as more an ingathering of suggestions, inspired by the BBC posed question, Which Band Would You Erase From History? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-48677904/yesterday-which-band-would-boyle-curtis-james-and-patel-erase-from-history

 

For me it is The Spice Girls. I never wanted to Zig A Zig Ah. Shouting "Girl Power" while wearing sexy outfits and giving themselves nom de plumes indicating their submission to male fantasies was probably the ultimate scam on the UK population. Spiceworld? Yikes. Viva Forever!? Double yikes. I'll concede Geri's version of "It's Raining Men" but she could have done that and probably had a career on her own without the group.

 

Much more credible female artists and bands who let their music do the talking, rather than making up slogans, existed before and after this carbuncle of the 1990s.

[Clorox Bleachman 2,407]

The Black Eyed Peas and its respective members' music.

 

We'd lose Where Is The Love? but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone defending this:

 

Or these:

 

Or their solo bodies of work:

 

The worst song to chart in the UK this decade:

 

Here's hoping for a computer virus to wipe it all out.

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Which Band Would You Erase From History? 

 

Nota band but Ed 'fucking' Sheeran

 

Ginger prick

[Toast 16,130]

Gilbert O'Sullivan for me.  Awful, awful songs, naff clothes (even by 70s standards), stupid name.

[YoungWillz 21,026]

4 minutes ago, Toast said:

Gilbert O'Sullivan for me.  Awful, awful songs, naff clothes (even by 70s standards), stupid name.

Awww, I rather liked him. Mind you I was but a wee boy at the time. Matrimony always made me jig aboot.

[time 8,594]

4 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Which Band Would You Erase From History? 

Boyzone

Westlife

The Osmonds

Bay City Rollers

Paper Lace

Black Lace

The Stylistics

The Floaters

Boney M

East 17

 

and many more!